5Composition of Board

(1) The Board shall consist of the following persons, namely:--

(a) the Governor of the State of Uttar Pradesh, ex officio, who shall be the Chairman;

(b) Shri Syed Murtaza Ali Khan, for life, who shall be the Vice-Chairman;

(c) Colonel Bashir Hussain Zaidi, for life;

(d) the Accountant-General, Uttar Pradesh, ex officio;

(e) a descendant of the late Nawab Sir Syed Raza Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur, to be nominated by the Central Government;

(f) four persons to be nominated by the Central Government, out of whom--

(i) two shall be persons who, in the opinion of the Central Government, have expert knowledge with regard to the collections in the library or are distinguished historians or scholars of Arabic, Persian or Urdu,

(ii) one shall be an officer, not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Department dealing with matters connected with the library,

(iii) one shall be a person who, in the opinion of the Central Government, has expert knowledge of, and experience in, management of public libraries;

(g) the Collector and District Magistrate, Rampur, ex officio;

(h) three other persons, of whom at least two shall be scholars of repute, to be nominated by the State Government;

(i) the Director of the Library, ex officio, who shall be the Member-Secretary.

(2) Every nomination made under this section shall be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette and every nomination so notified shall take effect from the date of the notification.